Machine for boxing matches



Sept. 26, 1933. K BARTEL 1,928,195

MACHINE FOR BOXING MATCHES Filed Sept. 17, 1952 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 $2. 2. 21 95 5Q 2'2 FU/r ffw' z6 r ezyorggnfel 6- RC5 70 iza/ Sept. 26, 1933- K. G. BARTEL 1,928,195

momma FOR BOXING MATCHES Filed Sept. 17, 1932 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Sept. 26, 1933 UNITED STATES MACHINE FOR BOXING MATCHES KarlGregory Bartel, Barberton, Ohio, assignor to-The Diamond Match Company, Baltimore, Md., a corporation of Maryland Application September 17, 1932 Serial No. 633,634

5 Claims.

This invention relates to machines for boxing matches and the like, having reference especially to mechanism for assembling filled trays and their covers or shucks.

The presentinvention is an improvement on the assembling mechanism set out in Letters Patent of the United States No. 1,086,332, dated February 3, 1914, which mechanism, briefly described, includes intermittently travelling tray and cover carriers arranged side by side; a throat 'piece interposed between the carriers and constructed to align a complementary tray and cover positioned therein; means for moving a filled tray and a complementary cover from the respective carriers into the throat piece, the tray-moving means being capable of further movementin the same direction to nest the tray and cover and having a horizontally projecting blade which is arranged to overhang the tray and hold down the contained matches therein; and a pendant tongue arranged to swing in the path of the advancing tray and operating under the advance of the tray into the cover to bear against the under surface of the adjacent upper wall of the cover in a manner to ensure the entrance into the cover of the tray and its contents. p

In'the operation at relatively high speeds of a match boxing machine embodying the assembling mechanism referred to, the trays are sometimes overcharged, in consequence of which the hold-down blade is canted with its tip or leading end above the normal level of the tray, thus correspondingly raising the pendant tongue against thev opposing end of the cover material, resulting in some cases in therupturing of the latter.

The principal object 'of'the invention is to overcome the objection mentioned; and to that end I provide simple and reliable pressure means in cooperative relation to the lading end of the blade preparatory to its entry into the cover, which means ina preferredform will be hereinafterdescribed and'the scope of the invention then expressed in the appended claims.

In the drawings- Figure 1 is a transverse section of a match packing machine equipped with tray and cover assembling mechanism embodying my invention.

Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation of the assembling mechanism, showing the filled tray and cover as positioned in the throat-piece, preparatory to their assembly.

Fig. 3 is a horizontal section of the assembling mechanism, as on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a view similar to a portion of Fig. 2 showing the complementary tray and cover before they are positioned in the throat-piece.

Fig. 5 is a vertical section, as on the line 5 -5 of Fig. 4. b

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the pendant tongue.

Referring to the drawings, 10 and 11 designate intermittently-movable tray and cover carriers, respectively, which are arranged to travel side by side in parallelism, and are concurrently actuated in any usual or approved manner to present at each dwell thereof a complementary filled tray and cover opposite the respective open ends of a throat-piece 12 which is interposed between the paths of the two carriers.

13 designates a push bar which is reciprocative transversely of the carrier 10 during the intervals of rest of the two carriers, and which bar also has a rising and falling motion during its reciprocation. This bar has a vertically-disposed head 14 which in the forward motion of the bar is lowered to bear against the opposing filled tray (T) and advance it into the throatpiece and into nesting relation with a comple mentary cover (C) positioned in the throat. In the present instance the bar 13 is pivotally connected to a rock lever 15 under the control of a suitable cam 16 on a driven shaft 17 of the machine, and is provided on its under side with a cam block 18 which in the reciprocation of the bar co-octs with a suitably-disposed roller 19 to effect and permit the requisite raising and lowering of the push bar. A spring-pressed roll 20 bears upon and ensures the descent of the bar.

The bar 13 is provided with a blade 21 which projects forwardly from the head and overhangs the tray, which blade; whenthe bar is lowered and the head approaches and contacts with the tray, rests upon the contents of the tray through,- out the length of the latter in order to serve as a hold-down for the matches as the tray is advanced.

22 designates a push arm which overlies the carrier 11 and is reciprocative transversely thereof. In the present instance this arm is guided in a yoke 23 which straddles the throat piece, and the inner end of the arm is pivoted to a rock le-'- ver 24 under the control of a suitable cam 25 on the shaft 17. The outer or free end of the arm 22 is provided with a depending push piece 26, which in the inward movement of the arm and the initial forward movement of the push bar 13 positions in the throat piece 12 the opposing cover 110 which is seated in the carrier 11. This done the arm remains at rest until the tray is nested in the cover, whereupon the arm and its push-piece are retracted and by the continued movement of the push-bar 13 the assembled tray and cover are moved over centrally of the cover carrier.

27 designatesa normally pendant tongue carried by a pintle 28 which is supported in and between spaced brackets 29 on the throat piece. This tongue terminates in a lip 30 that is swung upward, (by the contact of the approaching holddown blade 21 with the underside of the tongue) in a manner to bear against the opposing underside of the upper wall of the positioned cover in the throat piece, thus insuring the opening of the receiving end of the cover and the guidance of the filled tray thereinto.

The mechanism hereinbefore described, excepting as hereinafter pointed out, is or may be of the general construction shown and described in Patent No. 1,086,332 aforesaid.

In accordance with my invention the tongue 27 and its lip 30 is medially slotted, as at 31, and the lateral edges of the tongue are provided with shoulders 32, which are so disposed that they normally rest upon the respective upstanding side walls 33 of the throat piece 12, thus supporting the depending tongue in inclined position, as seen in Figs. 4 and 5.

A pressure element comprising preferably a spring-pressed roll 34 having a horizontal axis of rotation, is positioned directly above the throat piece in co-operative relation to the path of the upper surface of the hold-down blade 21 and the slot of the swinging tongue when the tongue is lifted to its active position by the forcible contact of the advancing blade therewith. Hence if such blade should happen to be'canted or inclined, as, for example, by its contact with the excess contents of a tray, the tip of the blade will be pressed downward by the opposing roll to permit the blade to pass under the lip'of the tongue and into the cover without anyliability of its unduly raising the tongue at the risk of rupturing the upper wall of the cover. The slotted portion of the tongue permits the roll. to act directly upon and throughout the length of the travelling hold-down blade without interference with the action of the tongue.

In the present instance the pressure roll 34 has extended hubs 35 loose on a cross-shaft 36 connecting the respective lower portions of a pair of spaced vertical rods 37 which are slidably fitted in'tubular'housings 38 on a base 39 fastened to the yoke 23. The rods have lower shoulders 40, and springs 41 which encircle the rods bear respectively at their lower and upper ends against the opposing shoulders and the tops of the housings. The upper ends of the rods preferably project above the housings and are threaded to receive suitable nuts 42 which may be conveniently manipulated to adjust the rods'and roll vertically with respect to the path of the hold-down blade 21, as desired. a

It is to be understood that my invention is not limited'to the particular exemplifying construction herein described, as the same may be modiengage a cover therein, of means including a presfied within the principle of the invention and the scope of the appended claims.

I claim- 1. The combination with tray and cover supporting means, means for effecting relative endwise movement of a complementary tray and cover toward each other, including a tray pusher having a hold-down blade for the contents of the tray, an element arranged to align said tray and cover, and a cover opener adjacent said element, of pressure means arranged adjacent the normal path of the blade to co-act with the leading end of the blade as it approaches the cover. 2. The combination with tray and cover supporting means, means for effecting relative endwise movement of a complementary tray and cover toward each other, including a tray pusher having a hold-down blade for the contents of the tray, an element arranged to align said tray and cover, and a cover opener adjacent said element, of pressure means arranged adjacent the normal path of the blade to co-act with the leading end of the blade as it approaches the cover, said pressure means comprising a roll, and means for maintaining said rollyieldingly depressed.

3. The combination with tray and cover supporting means, means for efifecting relative endwise movement of a complementary tray and cover toward each other, including a tray pusher having a hold-down blade for the contents of the tray, an element arranged to align said tray and cover, and a cover opener comprising a tongue pivotally mounted to swing in said element and having a holddown blade for the contents of the tray, an element arranged to align said tray and cover, and a cover opener comprising a tongue pivotally mounted to swing in said element and engage a cover therein, of means including a pressure member in co-operative relation to the leading end of the blade as it approaches the cover, said tongue being slotted vfor the free passage of the pressure member,

and having lateral shoulders which normally rest upon the said tray and cover aligning element and support the tongue in inclined position. 5. The combination with tray and cover supporting means, means for eii'ecting relative endwise movement of a complementary tray and cover toward each other, including a tray .pusher having a hold-down blade for the contents of the tray, an element arranged to align said tray and cover, and a cover opener comprising .a

"tongue pivotally mounted to swing in said element, of means including a resiliently mounted pressure roll in co-operative relation to the leading end of the blade as it approaches the'cover,

said tongue being slotted for the free passage 'Of the pressure roll.

KARL GREGORY BARTEL. 

